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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 21, 2020

The Tennessee Department of Health today released preliminary plans for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines throughout the state, the Nashville Post reports. The plan provides a framework for how the state will allocate doses among counties and prioritized populations, including health care workers and first responders, who would be the first to receive a vaccine. Next in line would be high-risk populations in long-term care facilities or congregate living settings, followed by child care workers, educators and individuals with chronic health conditions. Finally, the vaccine would be provided to essential workers and then ultimately to the general population. Distribution across the state would be based on population but an additional allotment would be reserved for initial demand in smaller counties and for the state’s emergency stockpile.